Africa has become a major source of irregular migration driven by organised crime networks that prey on vulnerable communities.
This report identifies four types of kidnapping closely linked to conflict dynamics and violent extremist group expansion.
Educated but unemployed job seekers fall prey to online scams, driving the trafficking of East Africans to Southeast Asia.
Dangerous criminal networks for drugs, people and arms add to insecurity in the northern part of the country.
Kidnapping and extortion have risen to an alarming degree, leading to substantial economic and security challenges in the country.
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